Today GE Aviation announced a new blockchain solution targeted at airlines. It’s for health screening of airline staff and passengers for COVID-19 as well as ensuring aircraft are properly cleaned.
“This application addresses an urgent need in our industry to help ensure airline and airport workers have been screened for COVID-19 and that their fellow passengers have been checked,” said Andrew Coleman, chief commercial officer of GE Aviation’s Digital Group. “We need to do everything we can to instill trust and confidence in the traveling public and get the world back to work and flying again.”
Each country is coming up with COVID-19 rules for travel. GE Aviation says its solution is flexible and medical test agnostic, so it can adapt as regulations evolve. But the aim is to check compliance with health testing protocols established by airports, airlines or countries.
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